Best Of Both Worlds: Balancing Life At Home Before Jason Aldean's 'Highway Desperado Tour' Kicks Off

The “Drunk Me” hitmaker is switching gears from TikTok shows, however, with his summer tour plans. Jason Aldean secured Tenpenny as direct support on his “Highway Desperado Tour,” slated to kick off next month in Bethel, New York. Aldean announced dozens of tour dates earlier this year, confirming that Tenpenny, Corey Kent and Dee Jay Silver would join him on the nationwide trek. See the “Highway Desperado Tour” dates here.

“This is our first direct support tour and (it’s for) one of my favorite artists in country music from the beginning,” Tenpenny, who toured with Luke Bryan last year, told iHeartRadio as he spoke about tour rehearsals and building the set list as the first show approaches. “I love his rock side of his music. We tend to lean more rock, too. …We're above the moon to do this with Jason and to have it, especially all summer long, all the way through, it's gonna be a lot of fun.

“Honestly, not cliche at all, it's the greatest feeling in the world when (fans are) singing these songs back,” he said earlier in the interview of his audiences. “It's just so cool. It's the reason we do this. So, I've just been, you know, soaking it all in. It's been amazing. …I try to write lyrics about real things that happened in real life, and hopefully people can connect to it. Because I have those songs from other artists that do that for me. And so, …when I'm like in the room trying to write, I'm trying to write the feeling I felt then. Because I know someone's felt that some other time, and I think that's why those songs are worked for us for the while now.”

Before kicking off the tour, Tenpenny is finding balance with time to “chill” at home with his wife, fellow singer-songwriter Meghan Patrick. The couple tied the knot in October 2022 in a gorgeous ceremony. They were engaged since the previous year, when Tenpenny popped the question at the same Nashville bar where they met, Loser’s Bar & Grill. Tenpenny and Patrick have struck a balance to enjoy their time at home when they have it and support one another’s busy schedules on the road.

“Stuff's blowing up for her and I couldn't be more proud of her,” Tenpenny said, sharing that on the day he spoke with iHeartRadio, he and his wife would spend a low-key day at home doing yard work and cooking dinner together. “When I met Meghan, it was an easy conversation at the beginning. We both wanted each other to succeed in that initial dream. …There's never a time I don't miss her, but there's never a time I'm like, ‘don't go out there,’ or vice versa. When she says she's got a show, I'm so pumped for her. I want her to be out there on stage, that's where she shines. And so, it's been a unique lesson we've learned over the years, but we've got it down now, and I love it.”

Angie Ward